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Cosa celsa (B.C. Cotton, 1931)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Arcida »  family Philobryidae »  genus Cosa

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Cosa celsa

Author: Cotton

Cosa celsa

Author: Lamprell & Healy

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Description

White, elongate oval, ventricose; dorsal margins straight, forming a right angle; prodissoconch distinct; 14 fine radials from apex to base, interspaces wide; ventral margin semi-ovate, slightly concave between the ribs. Holotype: length 2.2 mm., height 3.2 mm.—Guichen Bay.
Recorded only from the type locality.

Distribution

South Australia
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Cosa celsa (Cotton, 1931)]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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